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Hi, this may be a stupid question but I am growing a few plants and I want to take clones off the females once they show they're female through flowering. Is there a definitive guide/thread on this? I think I remember it being called "monster cloning" but searching doesn't bring up anything. I...

I have some cheap blood and bone stuff but because the soil has time release nutes in it I haven't added any nutes. So you're saying that light leaks in the dark time are only a real problem once the plants actually start flowering?

There has been times I've worried light was leaking in... I think I sorted out the issue yesterday though. Damn you can tell that from looking at my photos? Or is that just a common reason for late flowering? Will they recover if I've got them in complete darkness now? Do you think they're...

Well, my macro setting is a fail obviously. Can anybody decipher these photos, though? No signs of sex, right?

Actually it's been more like 14 days on 12/12. Is it a problem the sex isn't showing yet? I'm going to look for a macro setting on my cam and try to photograph where I think the balls/hairs should be sprouting.

Hi guys, Here's a bunch of photos of my plants. They have been on 12/12 for 12 days but still no sign of sex (at least not definite enough signs for a novice like me). How are they looking? I've been watering every two days and they're in a soil and perlite mix with the soil apparently...

172 watts of 2700k CFL, and 54 watts of 6500k. There is a 2700k bulb placed very close to each plant and the 2 6500k bulbs are just placed one in each end of the box. Is that a good mix to flower them properly? I don't want to induce too much stretching because height is limited. Would the...

I've veged my plants for 2 weeks and switched to 12/12 today. I was veging under 6500k CFLs and am now using 2700k to flower, with a couple of 6500k bulbs still in there. Is this the best way to go? Is it actually a good idea to flower small plants under a majority of 2700k lights? A lot of...

Hi, I've been veging my plants under 6500k lights for 13 days now, topped 4 days ago and there is healthy new shoots coming out from the topped areas so I'm ready to do the 12/12 switch to using 2700k lights. The thing I'm wondering is whether having your plants lit primarily by side lighting...

Hi, it didn't mean it was formulated specifically for tomatoes but rather the label says that it would help vegetables fruit big and had a picture of a tomato plant. It is a totally organic soil mix, apparently but I forget the brand name (I'm in New Zealand so you wouldn't have heard of it...

Transplanting seems pointless because the roots will be enclosing a large portion of the soil so I can't really get rid of the nute-rich soil without causing a lot of damage. I've pretty much decided to keep doing what I'm doing and hope for the best, except I will start PH testing my soil. I...

Are you sure the nute burn won't get better as the plants grow bigger and start to need the nutes? I can't really transplant easily, the plants are pretty settled and getting that soil out of the roots will be risky. Besides, it's soil designed to grow tomatoes and the like so it should be...

Yeah sorry, pics are from a HD video cam, that can't focus on small/close objects and has no flash despite costing $400. Fucking Sony. I heard high PH causes plants to turn mostly into males so that's not good. I've had terrible experiences with cheap PH meters but I suppose I'll have to try...

Basically I have a lot of baking soda and vinegar already because those are two of my staples in cooking, so can't I just add the baking soda as a PH down, the vinegar as a PH up? But which should I be adding? Is it high PH or low PH judging from the damage?

The nute burn should fix itself as the plants grow bigger, right? As fo the PH problems, is it high or low, judging from the color of the leaf damage? I can't test the PH of my water everyday, I don't have time or money for that fussing stuff. This is something I can't fuck up, I'm looking to...

Oh, I'm also watering straight from the tap. No PH testing, no standing the water, just straight from tap to soil without delay. Am I good to go in this specific case?

I don't add any nutes. There is time release fertilizer in the soil I'm using. It is generic organic potting mix. What should I do? Less water? Will that fix it?

Hi, as usual sorry for the crappy pictures. Is anybody able to ID the cause of this? It's not on every plant and never on all the leaves, but 5 of them have this to a degree, so I was wondering what was up. They've been in a potting soil with time release nutes/perlite mix for over a week now...

Alright, I topped some plants. Should I blaze the freshly cut tops or could that risk OD?

Hi, sorry for the not so great pics. Hopefully it gives you an idea of the size of the plants, though. They look A LOT better in real life and have started emitting a sweet smell, so I'm pleased. Massive growth spurts each day as well so I want to switch to 12/12 very soon as this is a 100% CFL...